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PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. WARNER AND GEORGE H. GILMAN, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

WRECKING SUPPLY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 160,73 dated y 1, 1903. Application filed January 19, 1903. Serial lie-139,686. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY H. WARNER and GEORGE H. GILMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Wrecking Supply-Oar, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to cars used for storing and transporting materials and appliances to be used in wrecking operations on railroads; and the objects of our improvements are, first, to place all these materials in one car, and thus cause a saving in time, labor, and expense; second, to so arrange the car that any kind of material or appliance stored therein may be readily removed therefrom without undue disturbance of the other materials or appliances, and thus again cause a saving in time and labor. We attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 an end elevation, of our car, showing the loads stored therein.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout both views.

Heretofore it has been customary to assign two cars with the wrecking outfit for the purpose of having what is considered necessary material handy for immediate use at wrecks. One of these cars is usually loaded with extra trucks, mounted wheels, rails, wheel-skids, &c. while the other one is loaded with bridgetimbers, cross-ties, blocking, anglebraces, track-tools, bolts, &c. The use of two cars for this purpose is a great waste, for not only is each car very much underloaded, but two cars have to be kept constantly tied up and kept in, running order ready for an emergency call at any time. It is true that all the material might be piled on one car; but it will readily be seen that much time and labor will be lost in loading and unloading under those circumstances, for supposing a truck is wanted then most of the blocking, timbers, 850. ,would have to be handled before the truck could be removed.

Our car is constructed and arranged as follows: On the floor a of an ordinaryflat-car A are fastened strips of iron running the whole length of the car and adapted to allow the wheels of spare trucks or mounted wheels running from end to end of said car on the tops of said posts B. Braces E are secured between the posts B.

In order that our 'car may be readily constructed out of any flat-car without materially altering it, we have constructed the frames in the above manner. The upright posts of the frames rest on the floor of the car, so that their weight and the weight of the load is brought to bear on the platform of the fiat-car, and at the same time these posts also extend over the edges of the platform and fit into the ordinary post-sockets on the side of the car, so that the frame is held thereby securely in place. If the flat-car becomes injured in any manner, the frame is readily removed therefrom by lifting the posts from the sockets. The frame can then be used on any other flat-car.

Rods F pass through the posts B across the car at an elevation of about three feet six inches, more or less, above the floor of said flat-car, being securely fastened by suitable nuts, collars, &c. About two feet above said rods F and extending the full length of said car is the floor G, suitably supported from said upright posts B by the joists H secured thereto.

The sides of our carrare open from the floor onto the floor G, except for the posts B and braces E; but above the floor G we prefer to close the sides with {the boards or car-siding 1.

A roof J, constructed in sections and so arranged that any or all of the sections are removable whenever desired, covers the car. In usual practice in northern climates one end only of the roof is removed, except during actual wrecking operations. Thepurpose of leaving one end of the car uncovered is so as not to interfere with the boom of thewrecking derrick-car, which may thus be placed at either end of our car, the boom thereof extending over our car and the portion of the roof interfering therewith being removed.

The ends of our car are left entirely open, except for the removable pieces K, restingin the usual brackets L, across the ends of the car at such places as may be deemed advisable to prevent the appliances, materials, &c., from being thrown from the car by its motion. These removable cross-bars K may be placed across any portion of the car, their purpose being to provide removable stopblocks.

Beneath the platform a of the car A is attached the box M, adapted to receive railspikes, fish-plates, and other track accessories, together with bars, shovels, and smaller tools. This box M extends across the car and is closed at each end by suitable doors, which may be locked or otherwise fastened.

The various portions of the car formed by the above-described construction we use for the following purposes: On the above-described iron strips on the floor a are rolled the wheels of the spare trucks and the loose wheels N, such as are commonly found useful in ordinary wrecking operations. These trucks and wheels are arranged so that they may all be withdrawn from either end of the car. On the same floor and adjacent to one end of the car are placed the Outriggers O, commonly used on the derrick-car when lifting heavy weights at one side thereof. Between and outside the wheels of the truck N and the Outriggers O and lying on the platform a of the car is placed a supply of rails R of such lengths as may be found useful, together with wheel-skids, 86c. Heavy timbers P, such as are used for bridges, are stored and transported on the rods F and may be withdrawn therefrom from either end of the car. By supporting these heavy timbers on rods we facilitate their handling and reduce the work expended in removing them from or placing them in the car. Miscellaneous blocking, cross-ties, ropes, tackle, &c., Q are stored and carried on the floor G. Roof J and floor G combine to protect the articles below them from rain, snow, &c.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wrecking-car, comprising a car-body, a removable frame attached thereto, and compartments on said frame adapted to receive wrecking materials.

2. A wrecking-car, comprising a car-body, removable frames attached to the sides thereof, rods extending between said frames and adapted to receive timbers thereon.

3. A wrecking-car, comprising a car-body, removable frames attached to the sides thereof, rods extending between said frames and adapted to receive timbers thereon and a floor supported by said frames above said rods, and adapted to receive wrecking materials.

4. A wrecking-car, comprising a car-body, removable side frames attached thereto, rods extending across said car between said frames, a floor supported by said frames above said rods, and a sectional removable roof.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY H. WARNER. GEORGE H. GILMAN.

Witnesses:

W. H. OPIE, I. R. 130cc. 

